Arsenal v Burnley LIVE: Team news and line-ups from Premier League meeting – UK Times

Arsenal defender Ben White will not require knee surgery – but remains set to miss England’s World Cup campaign.

The Gunners confirmed on Tuesday that White had suffered a “significant medial knee ligament injury” during their 1-0 win at West Ham.

Burnley’s boss said: “We can’t influence everything that’s going on around it, all the noise.

“What we can do is we can make sure, like we did against Villa last week, that we’re still taking the competition really seriously and that’s what we’ll do.”

Burnley’s interim boss Mike Jackson spoke about how it feels for Burnley to potentially play a decisive role in the title.

“You look at a game like that, and you look at the importance of it, to everyone in the competition,” he said.

“But I think from our point of view, you’ve got to look at it as an opportunity as well. One, to be involved in a game like that.

“Two, to be really excited about that. And it’s a platform to then go and perform.”

Ben White was ruled out of Arsenal’s pivotal run-in with a knee injury, while Timber has been absent for two months due to a groin problem.

Bettings sites have Arsenal as heavy favourites to defeat Burnley this evening and keep their charge to win the Premier League title on track.

Two wins from their last two games will ensure Mikel Arteta’s side get the job done but any dropped points could open the door for Manchester City.

Played: 36 | Points: 77 | GD: 43

• Tuesday 19 May: Bournemouth (a)
• Sunday 24 May: Aston Villa (h)

Played: 36 | Points: 79 | GD: 42

• Monday 18 May: Burnley (h)
• Sunday 24 May: Crystal Palace (a)
• Saturday 30 May: PSG (Champions League final)

Arsenal’s next match is at home to Burnley on Monday, while City take on Bournemouth away next Tuesday after their FA Cup final match-up against Chelsea on Saturday.

If results go their way the Gunners could have the title won before the final weekend of the season but the likelihood is that they will need to win both of the remaining matches to secure the trophy.

An arm extended, and one hand on the title.

A crucial 1-0 was only stopped from becoming a costly 1-1, in the 94th minute, by one man’s interpretation of “wrestling” – as Nuno Espirito Santo put it – at a set-piece.

Burnley will have to make a late call on midfielder Hannibal Mejbri, who picked up a knock in the 2-2 draw against Aston Villa.

Connor Roberts, Jordan Beyer and Josh Cullen are still out injured.

Predicted Burnley XI: Weiss; Walker, Tuanzebe, Esteve, Pires; Luis Ugochukwu; Tchaouna, Anthony, Ward-Prowse; Flemming